Stump-puller.



T. H. MONK.

STUMP FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7 918.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

ATTORNEY THOMAS H. MONK, OF THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA STUMP-PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2%, 19129.

Application filed June 7, 1918. Serial No. 288,776.

To all whom 2'2? may concern:

Be it known that I, -TI-IOMAS H. MONK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stump-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to traversing hoists, and more especially to linear machines travcling on the surface and including a drum; and the object of the same is to produce an improved stump puller by means of which the power or draft by a. tractor or team is converted into upward pull so that the stump is lifted out of the ground and can ried forward at a single operation. A further object is to provide means whereby the machine can be drawn forward or moved from place to place without necessarily turning its drum or drums.

Other objects are brought out in the following specification and claims, and I refer to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation ofthis machine at work,

F ig. 2 is a side view thereof.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a stout axle on which are loosely mounted widetread supporting wheels 2, and be tween them there is keyed to the axle a. wide pulley 3 around which is Wound the rope or chain l which is to he looped around and attached to the stump S as shown. Alongside the supporting wheels, and preferably on the outside thereof, are keyed relatively large winding drums 5, each preferably having a dished periphery around which is wound hauling; rope 6, and the two ropes are led forward and attached to a cross bar or whillletree "I to which in turn is attached the draft at 8, whether said draft he mechine power or horse power. Ropes or chains 0 eteelcahles can be used at at and 6, but Iwill refer to the former as a chain and the latter as a. rope for the purpose of distinguishing the same. The essential feature is that the hauling ropes should he wound around the drums reversely to the direction in which the machine is to move when draft is applied, and that the lifting chain should he wound around the pulley 3 in the opp osite direction. This puts the draft. near the ground w: ieh is nsetul, not only because in case the main wheels are rather lar e, it is desi 'aolo to have the Whitiletree lo hut else in order that the draft will not impart so strong a tendency to the machine to move forward.

The details of construction are hardly essential. I might add that hand-holds 10 in the shape of handles or plugs might be attached to or driven into the outer sides of the drums 5. so that they and the axle and pulley 3 could he turned manually at any time, without aficcting the position oi the machine while the main wheels stand at rest. Also. in order that the machine may be drawn from point to point Without unreeling the ropes 6 from the drums 5, it is desirable that a latch be attached to each drum and at this time hooked over the rope. I have shown this latch at 11 in Fig. 3 as a hook having an eye 12 engaging a staple 13 in the outside 01. the drum 5, and a catch 1.4 for holding the latch out of use as seen in full lines in Fig. 2. When in use it is disengaged from the catch and swunt down as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Y owcver, I do not wish to be limited to this form of latch. Ihave shown the drums on the outside of the main wheels, but this is only the preferred arrangement. -When so disposed there is easier a cess to the hand-holds and the latch, and a wider spaceis left between the main wheels so that the machine can he moved flSlZllllB a larger stump. The proportions and materials of parts are not essential.

In use, with the hauling ropes Shocked or latched to the drums, the device isdragged to the point oi use and astride a stump S. The latches are new thrown up to the position shown in Fig. 3. If desired the sup porting wheels may be checked, though prefer that they shall roll. The lifting rope or ehain'x' is now unrecled from the pulley 2, and noose passed around the stump lhen the axle and parts ca ied thereby are rotated until the chain is tent and the haul-- ing ropes drown forward by the whiflletrce or cross bar 7 until they also are taut. Now

the draft is attached at 8 and all is ready, and when the draft is applied it is obvious that the tendency of the hauling ropes is to reversel rot te the d ums, hecainiio th se ropes pass under and around the drums rather than over them. If the Wheels checked, there sire. lo elem of leverage produced by the dinerem mgr/n5 or? the rzirlii of the drums 5 and t. e iul ley lint without any chock blocks as dicatedet C, the draft hop. is a tendency to the structure to move fern I l. on its supporting wheels -a main axle, and ground wheels loosely "occur if the machine stood still.

,will be quickly drawn out of the ground,

after which it ma be dragged to any convenient point and left. During the dragging action the latches llwill be thrown into action as suggested above, although their principal use is at times when the ma chine is being transported from point to point without a load attached.

The foregoing description and the draw ings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved, form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stump puller, the combination with a. main axle, and ground wheels loosely mounted thereon; of a relatively small pulley fast on said axle, a lifting chain attached thereto, a relatively large drum also fast on said axle, and a hauling rope attached to the drum.

2. In a stump puller, the combination with a main axle, and ground wheels loosely mounted thereon; of a relatively small pul ley fast on said axle between the wheels, a lifting chain attached thereto, a pair of relatively large drums fast on the axle at opposite sides of the pulley and adjacent said wheels, and hauling ropes attached to said drums.

3. In a stump puller, the combination with mounted thereon; of a relatively small pul- 'ley fast on said axle between the wheels, a

lifting chain attached thereto, a pair of relatively large drums fast on the axle at the outer sides of the wheels than which they are of smaller circumference, and hauling ropes attached to said drums.

4. Ina stump puller, the combination with an axle, spaced supporting wheels loosely mounted thereon, a relatively small pulley keyed to the axle between said. wheels, and a lifting chain attached to said pulley and wound thereon and led downward for attachment to the stump; of relatively large drums keyed to the ends of the axle outside said wheels than which they are of smaller circumference, hauling ropes attached to said drums and wound around the same and led forward from their under sides, and a whiflietree connecting said ropes and to which the draft is adapted to be attached.

5. In a stump puller of the type described, the combination with a pair of ground wheels loose on an axle, and lifting means including a pulley fast on the axle between the Wheels and a chain wound on and hanging from the pulley; of relative large drums fastened to the axle at opposite sides of said lifting means, ropes secured to and wound around these drums and led forward, means connecting them and to which the draft is adapted to be attached, a latch carried by each drum and adapted to engage the rope to prevent its unwinding from the drum, and means for holding the latch out of such engagement.

6. In a stump puller of the type described, the combination with a. pair of spaced supports, an axle journaled therein, and lifting means including a chain connected with the axle between the supports; of relatively large drums fastened to the axle at opposite sides of said lifting means, ropes secured to and wound around these drums and led forward, a whifiietree connecting them and to which the draft is adapted to be attached, a latch carried by each drum and adapted to engage the rope to prevent its unwinding from the drum, and means for holding the latch out of such engagement.

In testimony whereof I affix my in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. MOllK.

signature Witnesses:

IV. A. SUTTON, C. M. HEETH. 

